Baiju campaigns in Anatolia

1247

The Mongol general Baiju Noyan consolidated control over the former Seljuk lands of Anatolia, installing compliant sultans and collecting tribute. His marches terrified the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia into a permanent alliance with the Mongols that would last decades. Baiju's presence in Anatolia also disrupted trade routes, forcing Italian merchants to seek alternative paths eastward through the ports of Trebizond and Tana.